开弓没有回头箭
开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn
lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom); fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back; to have to finish what one started; to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
idiomverb
Traditional: 開弓沒有回頭箭
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- (idiom, verb) lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
- fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
- to have to finish what one started
- to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
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Related Words
善始善终(shàn shǐ shàn zhōng)— where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
→有始有终(yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng)— where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
→有头有尾(yǒu tóu yǒu wěi)— where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
→一之为甚(yī zhī wéi shèn)— Once is enough (idiom)
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